Aug. 7 Olympics scenes: Day 11

Tuesday was a huge day for Needham, Mass. gymnast Aly Raisman. She capped off her Olympics with a gold medal in the women's gymnastics floor exercise event and a bronze in the beam. Earlier, she was part of the US team that took gold in the team competition.
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Aly Raisman won the floor exercise gold with a score of 15.9, easily topping silver medalist Catalina Ponor of Romania (15.2) and bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina of Russia (14.9).
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Aly Raisman won the bronze medal on the balance beam in the women's gymnastics individual event finals on Tuesday. She was initially placed fourth, but a judges inquiry led to an adjustment of her score.
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Diana Taurasi and the US women's basketball team sailed into the semifinals with an easy 91-48 victory over Lizanne Murphy and Canada. Taurasi scored 15 points.
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Australia's Sally Pearson (center) outran Canada's Jessica Zelinka (second from left) and Lolo Jones of the U.S. (second from right) during their women's 100 meter hurdles semifinal. Pearson went on to win the gold medal in the finals. Jones finished fourth.
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The US women's water polo team defeated Australia in overtime to reach the championship game of the tournament. The US will face Spain in the final on Thursday.
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The American beach volleyball team of April Ross and Jennifer Kessy defeated Brazil's Juliana and Larissa in a semifinal at Horse Guards Parade to set up an all-American final. Ross and Kessy will face Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings in the final on Wednesday.
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Mexico defeated Japan 3-1 at Wembley Stadium in the first men's soccer semifinal game. Mexico will face Brazil in the final.
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Foluke Akinradewo spiked for the US in its women's volleyball quarterfinal vs. the Dominican Republic. The Americans won in straight sets.
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Brazil's Romulo celebrates his first goal with teammate Neymar during their soccer semifinal against South Korea. Brazil won 3-0 to advance to the final.
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Bronze medalist Aly Raisman (left) was joined on the medals stand by gold medalist Linlin Deng of China and silver medalist Lu Sui of China after the women's gymnastics beam event.
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Alistair Brownlee of Great Britain kicked off Day 11 of the London Olympics on Tuesday with a victory in the men's triathlon. Brownlee covered the course in 1 hour, 46.25 minutes and held off Javier Gomez of Spain and Jonathan Brownlee, Alistair's brother.
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Jamaica's Usain Bolt began his quest for gold in the 200 in the preliminary rounds on Tuesday. Bolt won his heat with a time of 20.39 seconds.
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Wallace Spearmon of the US was second in his heat of the 200 preliminaries and advanced to the next round.
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Russia's Alexander Bryukhankov (left) and Australia's Courtney Atkinson led a pack of riders during the cycling portion of the men's triathlon.
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Brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee of Great Britain entered the transition area together after finishing the 43-kilometer cycling portion of the triathlon. The event concluced with a 10-kilometer run.
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Christina Obergfoll of Germany competed in the women's javelin qualifications. She was second in Group A with a throw of 66.14 meters.
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